2 days Ago By Andrew Ryan
LIAM McHALE admits MAYO paid the price for not taking their chances as their relegation from Division 1 of the Lidl Ladies NFL was confirmed with a 2-13 to 1-6 defeat in WATERFORD.Annie Gough got an early Mayo goal but Lauren McGregor netted in each half for the Déise and McHale groaned: “We got well beaten. We had 12 wides, six goal chances.
Our conversion rate in front of goal is not there yet. It’s very frustrating.Katie Murray of Waterford is tackled by Ciara Durkin of Mayo during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 match between Waterford and MayoBrendan Moran/Sportsfile“And that’s been the trend all year.
We’ve just struggled to score.”Mayo will be joined in Division 2 next season by TYRONE, who went down 4-10 to 2-8 against KILDARE.Róisín Byrne got a second-half hat-trick for the Lilies after Aoife Murnane found the net earlier.
Chloe McCaffrey and Aoife McGahan goaled in each half for the Red Hands, who had led at the break.Gutted manager Darren McCann sighed: “Half-time probably came at the wrong time. When you are playing top teams, you can’t afford to be switched off at any stage.
But I can’t fault our girls’ effort. They went to the well to the very end.”The Division 1 finalists were known before the closing round with both losing their last games, a much-changed ARMAGH going down 2-12 to 4-5 against MEATH.
Kelly Mallon’s 1-3 and goals from Aoife McCoy, Niamh Coleman and Caoimhe McNally were not enough for the holders to deny a Royals side inspired by Emma Duggan’s 1-9.Orchard joint-boss Darnell Parkinson said: “It was disappointing in one aspect but pleasing to see girls who have worked hard over the last few months actually get a chance to wear the jersey for Armagh.”The TG4 All-Ireland holders KERRY lost by 2-12 to 2-10 to DUBLIN in Tralee.
Goals from Chloe Darby and Eilish O’Dowd helped the Jackies lead by 2-6 to 1-3 at the break, with Julia Curtin getting the major for the Kingdom.Síofra O’Shea added their second, with manager Mark Bourke saying: “We’ve four or five training sessions to get into us now to prepare us for Croke Park in two weeks’ time.In Division 2, GALWAY made it seven wins out of seven with a 4-22 to 0-5 rout of CLARE and fellow already-promoted outfit CORK beat DONEGAL 1-8 to 0-8.
An Aishling Moloney goal helped TIPPERARY defeat ROSCOMMON 1-12 to 0-10, with the Rossies heading down with Clare. WESTMEATH guaranteed their Division 2 status with a 2-11 to 0-13 win over MONAGHAN.CAVAN beat LIMERICK 0-10 to 0-9 and will play WEXFORD in the Division 3 final after the Models’ 3-9 to 0-10 triumph over LAOIS.
There is an Ulster pairing in the Division 4 decider after FERMANAGH defeated SLIGO 5-12 to 3-13 and ANTRIM saw off LEITRIM 5-8 to 3-10 in the other semi-final..
